Package and method of making the same



g- 9, 1932- c. w. LEGUILLON 1,870,519

PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Jan. 8, 1930 JUL/P7770]? j; LfiE JHEE UZEgUZY/UZ? 15 j; iEZ/"E- Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlca CHARLES W. LEGUILLON, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGQ'OB J30 rm! 3. I. GOODBIOK CODA,

. NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 01" unw YOBK PACKAGE AND IE'I'EOD OI IAmG m BAKE Application fled il'anuary 8, 1880. lerlal Io. 419,896.

This invention relates to packages and to methods of making the same, and more espe-. cially it relates to packages of frusto-conical articles such as cones of creel cord or the like, and to improved procedure for packaging the same.

The chief objects of the invention are to provide an improved packa e of handy size and shape; to provide a ac age which will hold the articles secure y against relative proved method, and the work therein.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved package, a part thereof being sectioned and broken away.

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of a portion of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 as viewed from the right thereof.

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawing, 10, are cones of creel cord and 11, 11 are hollow tapered cops on which the cones are wound, the latter being assembled in axial alignment and the cops which project from the ends of the cones, being telescoped as shown, to reduce the len h of the assembly and as dowel means, to a d rigidity thereto. The peripheral face of each cone is slightly tapered as shown and its end faces are somewhat rounded by reason of which, and also, because one of the ends of each cop projects beyond the cone, there is a space 12 between adjacent i cones.

from end to end thereof, to brid e the spaces between adjacent cones, the en portions of said strips being folded onto the end faces of the assembly. Enclosing the cone assembly,'with the exception of the ends thereof, is a cover'comprising overlapped helical convolutions of strip material 14 such as pa r, the convolutions being adhered to each 0 er in their overlapping portions. The ends of the packa e are provided with end-ca s, 15, 15 of sti cardboard or the like, sai caps being concave and formed with marginal flanges which fit over the cover 14 adjacentv the ends of the ackage. Binders 16, 16 comprlsing gumme ta are adhered to the marglnal portions of t e respective caps 15 and ad acent cover 14 to retain said caps in place thereon.

The package is provided with a rip-cord for quick and easy opening, said rip-cord being positioned between the cone assembly and the cover, preferably adjacent a reinforcing strip 13. The respective end portions of the rip-cord are disposed upon the outer surface of the package and afiixed thereto by gummed labels or stickers such as the sticker31, Fig. 2.

Suitable apparatus for performin the mechanical operations of my improve method of making packages is shown somewhat diagrammatically in Fig. 1, wherein 17 is an elongate framework in which are mounted a pzir of work-supporting endless conveyor lts 18, 19 which are disposed in longitudinal alignment, said belts being mounted at their ends upon the usual pulleys and driven, in the same direction and at the same speed, by respective drive-belts 20, 21 located at their remote ends.

At the middle of the apparatus, in the space between the adjacent ends of the conveyor belts 18, 19, is a rotary shuttle 22 which carries a roll 23 of the strip material 14, the latter having a gummed margin, and the shuttle being rovided with suitable moisten- 95 ing means not shown) for wetting ...the gummed margin. Adjacent the rotary shuttle 22, at the work receiving side thereof, are suitable supports 24, 24 on which are journaled respective rolls 25, 25 of the stiff reinforcement strips 13, 13. Suitable lateral guides 26, 27 are positioned beside the conveyor belt 19 for (guiding the work thereon in alignment towar the rotary shuttle, so that the latter and the work are in axial alignment Rising from the framework 17, adjacent the wrapping position, are a pair of supports such as t e support 32, Fig. 3, to the upper ends of which are pivoted generally horizontal arms 33, and the latter carry a device for continuously feeding rip-cord material onto the work as the latter 1s fed longitudinally of the ap aratus. Mounted upan the free ends of t e pivoted arms 33 1s a yoke or bracket 34 in which is 'ournaled a short shaft 35 in the middle of w ich is mounted a disc 36, the end of the shaft 35 carrying a gear 37 which is meshed with a pinion 38 mounted upon a stub-shaft 39, fournaled in the bracket 34, the end of the shaft 39 carrying a feedroller 40. J ournaled on a suitable bracket at the upper end of the yoke 34 is an idler roller 41 associated with the feed-roller 40 and peripherall driven thereby, said idler roller preferabl having a soft surface so as frictionally to engage said feed roller 40 and a continuous rip-cord 30 between said rollers to feed said rip-cord. The rip-cord 30 is drawn from a creel 42 thereof suitably mounted upon the yoke 34, and is fed by the feed roller 40 onto the work as the latter passes beneath. Tension springs 43 connect the free ends of the arms 33 with the framework 17 for urging said arms downwardly to hold the disc 36in engagement with the work and thereby to drive said disc. The arrangement of the gearing is such that the feed roller 40 rotates faster than the disc 36,

thereby feeding the rip-cord 30 faster than the work so that it lies loosely upon the work.

For the operating of the apparatus preferably two operators are provided, one at its delivery end and one at its receiving end. The operator at the receivin end of the apparatus, at the right as viewe in Fi 1, places cord cones 10 upon the conveyor be t 19 and positions them so that the cop of one cone is telescoped with the cop of the preceding cone, as shown in Fig. 2, the conveyor 19 thus feeding the cones toward the rotary shuttle 22 in a continuous succession. As the procession of cones passes the rotary shuttle the latter applies the strip 14 thereto in overlap ing helical convolutions which are adhere to each other, and binds upon the cones the continuous rip-cord 30'and the continuous reinforcement strips 13 which are drawn onto the cones by the axial movement thereof. The strip material 13 bridges the gap between the conveyors 18, 19 where the cones are'otherwise unsupported, and also bridges the gaps between the cones for reception of the winding. The work in passing onto the conveyor 18 presents a unitary wrapped structure 28 as shown at the left in ig. 1.

The operator at the delivery end of the apparatus severs the structure 28 into units containing four, or any other desired number of cord cones, which 0 eration is simplified b the provisionof t e spaces 12 between a Jacent cones, the operator being required only to sever the wrapper 14 and reinforcing strips 13, which permits the telescoped portions of the adj acent cone cops to be separated. The individual packages are removed from the apparatus as the are severed, after which the severed en s of the wrapper are folded onto the end faces of the cones, the end caps 15 mounted thereon, and the binding tapes 16 applied to retain the caps n place. During the latter operation the rip-cord 30 is pulled taut and preferably slid laterally to a position beside one of the reinforcement strips 13, the loose condition of the rip-cord providing sufiicient length, when the cord is drawn taut, to ermit the end portions of the cord to be lai upon the outside of the cover to which they are aflixed by stickers or labels 31.

The wrapping of the packages is continuous, and e ects economy of manufacture. The package is of a size and shape for convenient handling and possesses the other advantages set forth in the foregoing statement of ob ects.

The invention is susceptible of modification within the scope of the appended claims, as I do not limit my claims wholly to the specific construction or exact procedure s own and described.

I claim:

1. In combination with a plurality of frusto-conical articles assembled in end-to-end relation, a package therefor comprising a reinforcing strip ying upon the surfaces'of the articles and extending from one to another thereof, a helical wrapping upon said articles and reinforcin strip, and means for securing the wrapplng against unwinding.

2. In combination with a plurality of frusto-conical articles assembled in end-toend relation, a package therefor com risin a reinforcing strip lying upon the sur aces o the articles and extending from one to another thereof, a helical wrapping upon said articles and reinforcing strip, and end closures securing the wrapping against unwindmg.

3. In combination with a plurality of frusto-conical articles assembled in end-to-end relation, a package therefor comprising a reinforcing strip lying upon the surfaces of the articles and extendin from one to another thereof, and turns 0 helical wrapping overlappin and adhered together upon said articles an reinforcing strip.

4. In combination with a plurality of frus-.

to-conical articles and means holding them spaced apart in end-to-end relation, a package therefor comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips dis osed ongitudinally of the assembly and fold d onto the end faces thereof, a wra per comprising a plurality of overlapping helical convolutions of stri material upon said articles and min orcing strips, and means binding down the said strip material and the end portions of the remforcing strips.

5. In combination with a plurality of frusto-conical articles and means holding them spaced a art in end-to-end relation, a

package there or comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips disposed longitudinally of the assembly and folded onto the end faces thereof, a wrapper comprising a plurality of overlappin adhesively united, elical con volutions o strip material upon said articles and reinforcing strips, end closures confining the end portions of the stri material and the reinforcing strips, and bin er tapes adhesively securing the end closures to the wrapper.

6. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in substantial alignment, applying a wrapper to the assembly, separating the wrapped structure into units of shorter length, each comprising a plurality of the articles and securing the wrapper against unwinding.

7. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a succession of the articles, applying a longitudinal reinforce ment to the assembly, applying an outer wrapper to the reinforced assembly, and then separating the wrapped structure into units of shorter length.

8. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a succession of the articles, applying a-longitudinal reinforcement to the assembly, applyin an outer wrapper to the reinforced assemb y, separating the wrapped structure into units of shorter length, and then closing the ends of the shorter units.

9. The method of packaging frusto-conical articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in end-to-end relation, applying a flexible strip of reinforcing material so that it extends from one to the other of the articles, and binding the flexible strip down to the articles.

10. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in substantial alignment, feeding the assembly longitudinally, applying reinforcement to the assembly as it is so fed, applying a wrapper to the reinforced assem bly as it'is so fed, and then severing the wrapped structure into units of shorter length.

11. The method of packaging articles which comprises feeding a continuous succesprogressively applying a wrapper to the suc-' cession of articles as it is so fed, and then separating a determinate length of wrapped structure comprising a plurality of the articles from the continuous structure.

12. The method of packaging frusto-conical articles which comprises assembling a continuous succession of articles in axial alignment, feeding the articles in an axial direction as they are so assembled progressively reinforcin the assembly longitudinally as it is so ed, progressively applyin a wrapper to the succession of articles, an then severing successive units from the wrapped structure.

13. A method as defined in claim 12 including closing the ends of the severed units.

14- The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in longitudinal alignment, applying a wrapper to the assembly, severing the assembly into units of shorter length, mounting closures on the ends of the respective units, and then applying an adhesive binder to retain the closures in place thereon.

15. The method of packaging articles which comprises feeding a continuous succession of articles in substantial alignment, progressively feeding a continuous cord onto the articles as they are so fed, progressively applying a Wrap er to the succession of articles as it is so ed, separating a determinate length of wrapped structure from the continuous structure, and affixing the end portions of the cord in the severed structure to the outer face of its wrapper.

16. A method as defined in claim 15 in which the cord is fed faster than the articles.

17. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles insubstantial alignment, feeding the assembly longitudinally, applying reinforcement to the assembly as it is so fed, applying a wrapper helically to the reinforced assembly as it is so fed, and then severing the wrapped structure into units of shorter length.

18. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in substantial alignment, feeding the assembly longitudinally, so winding a wrappin strip helically upon the assembly as it is so ed that each turn thereof is overlapped by the next succeeding turn, and then severing the wrapped structure into units of shorter length, each comprising a plurality of the articles.

19. The method of packaging articles which comprises assembling a plurality of the articles in substantial alignment, feeding the assembly longitudinally, so winding a wrappin strip helically upon the assembly as it is so ed that each turn thereof is overlapped by the next succeeding turn, adhering the g the helix.

overlapped portions of the successive turns one to another as they are wound, and then severing the wrapped structure into units of shorter length, each comprising a plurality of the artic es.

20. In combination with a pluralit of articles substantially aligned, a pac age therefor comprising a relatively narrow reinforcing strip lying upon the surfaces of the articles and extending from one to another,

thereof, a helical wrappin upon the articles and reinforcing strip, an means for securing the wrapping against unwindin 21. A combination as defined in c aim 20 in which adjacent turns of the helical wrapping are overlapped and adhered one to another.

22. In combination with a plurality of articles assembled in substantial alignment, 0. package therefor comprising a wrappin of overlapped helical convolutions exten ing from article to article and terminating in annular edges lying in planes at right-angles to the axis of the helix.

23. In combination with a plurality of articles assembled in substantial alignment, a

ackage therefor comprising a wrap ing having helical convolutions adhere to one another and terminating in annular edges lying in planes at right-angles to the axis of 24. In combination with a plurality of articles assembled in substantia alignment, a packa e therefor comprisin a wrapping having elical convolutions a hered to one another and terminating in annular edges lying in planes at right-angles to the axis of the helix and reinforcing strips disposed between the articles and the wrapping and extending from end to end of the assembly.

25. In combination with a plurality of articles assembled in substantial alignment,

a. package therefor comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips lying upon the articles and a helical wrapping of overlapped convolutions extending from article to article upon the reinforcing strips and articles.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of December, 1929.

CHARLES W. LEGUILLON.

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